HANNAH LEE, MS ECONOMICS CANDIDATE

Technical Editor & Governance Analyst, Beyond the Manifesto

Economics · Quantitative Analysis · Evidence-Based Policymaking

Hannah Lee is an economics researcher and quantitative analyst whose work examines the intersection of economic systems, governance, public policy, and evidence-based decision-making.

ABOUT HANNAH

Hannah is pursuing a Master of Science in Economics at San Diego State University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics/Economics from UCLA, with a minor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science. Her academic and research work sits at the intersection of economics, governance, quantitative analysis, and public systems.

She has contributed to research across public health policy, sociology, machine learning preparation, and economic analysis through research assistantships at San Diego State University and UCLA. Her work has included investigating the effects of tobacco and e-cigarette policies on youth risk perception, supporting sociological research on incarceration and COVID-19 impacts, and preparing datasets for machine learning applications in public policy research.

Hannah was also a finalist at ASA DataFest, where she led a team analyzing relationships between immigration, unemployment, cost-of-living pressures, and commercial development patterns using Python and R-based data analysis.

Her technical background includes experience with Python, R, Stata, SQL, Tableau, and quantitative modeling, alongside interdisciplinary research interests spanning housing affordability, labor systems, economic inequality, environmental governance, and evidence-based policymaking.

At Governance & Evidence Review, Hannah serves as Technical Editor & Governance Analyst for Beyond the Manifesto, where she supports technical editorial review, analytical coherence, evidence verification, quantitative policy analysis, and the development of governance-focused public policy publications.